all you can eat... After a long day of beach volleyball, with barely any lunch, everybody was super hungry, so going to eat Korean BBQ at Korean Grill House was the obvious solution. It might not be the most healthy food but you can fill yourself up until you can't eat anymore and its cheap! All of us went for the basic all you can eat option (Adults: $12.95, Children under $8.95), which comes with Pork, Beef Chicken, Beef Ribs, Ox Tongue, Ox Liver, Salmon, Squid and Fish Filet. All these items are given to you raw so that you can grill it up on a shared grilled (usually 2-4 people per grill). This meal also comes with unlimited Korean appetizers that include kimchi, deep fried tofu, bean sprouts, spicy bean sprouts and pickled turnips. In addition to this, they also offer all you can drink beverages (I think additional $2).
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There were 5 of us at our table and we killed 4 or 5 rounds of meat and drank about 3 or 4 pitchers of Soy Milk and around 2 pitchers of Iced Tea. One of my friends, Aston, showed us how to fully utilize the dipping soy sauce.
Aston's Korean BBQ Technique:
- Cook meat on grill
- Pour Dipping Sauce (I think its just soy sauce) on the meat while grilling
- Repeat steps 1-2
- Enjoy the tasty BBQ'd meat.
The meat is already marinated but it definitely tastes much better when you keep pouring the sauce on while it is cooking. We used 4 full bottles of sauce during the entire meal and left the restaurant more than satisfied.
Korean Grill House is located at 214 Queen St. West (Queen/University) and is pretty busy for dinner (we waited about 15 minutes for a seat). At this location they also have an upstairs, so there is plenty of seating, although they still often packed. They also have 4 other locations (Yonge/Bloor, Yonge/Dundas, Commerce Gate, Midland/Finch). If you want an even better deal, go for the after 10 pm late night special ($8.99), includes pork, beef, chicken, squid, fish fillet. Korean Grill House may not be the best quality of food, but if you are really hungry, really cheap or both, then this is a perfect place to eat out at.
wow... I just realized that I have been eating a lot of Korean food lately but thats ok because its so good. Last week, my friend held a homemade DIY (do it yourself) Korean BBQ party. You're probably thinking, "How Asian!" but you're probably also wishing you were there as it was crazy good. She got some quality meat from the Galleria Korean Supermarket (7171 Yonge Street). The selection included Pork Belly ($??), Short Ribs ($8.99/lb) and deboned Short Ribs ($19.99/lb). You can see in the pictures that even before we grilled them, the meat looks awesome in the package. The korean style pork belly is basically the most tasty and savoury bacon imaginable. When having an at home Korean BBQ, you gotta have an indoor grill as well (we used a Tiger Brand one). In addition to this, we had some tasty Kimchi (pickled cabbage) and Kimbop (korean sushi rolls). My friend isn't as much as a carnivore as the rest of us, so its good that we had bell peppers, zucchinis, mushrooms and corn to throw on the grill. Another amazzzing dish that we had to complement our feast was a baked Sea Bass that my friend prepared, which was perfectly crisp on the outside and tasted delicious all around (quick recipes @ bottom of post).
It is also great to have lots of fresh lettuce on hand to eat along with the bbq'd meat. It tastes really good to grab a piece of lettuce and put some rice,bbq ribs, korean bbq sauce and hot sauce on it. To quote my friend, "It is an explosion of flavours in your mouth!" She does not lie, I tried it. We finished the meal off with some tasty Melona Bars and XiangXie pears, which I have posted about before.mmmBaked Sea Bass Recipe
- Defrost "frozen sea bass" and cover it with salt & pepper, soy sauce, garlic pepper and a little bit of sugar.
- Put the marinated fish into a baking pan lined with aluminum foil
- Bake at 400 Degrees F for about 35 mins... enjoy!
Marinating the Meat (ex. ribs)
- Cut Short Ribs (or any meat you wish to bbq) into small pieces (about 3 inches)
- Put meat into ziplock bag, pour in Korean BBQ/Bugolgi Sauce and sliced onions ...shake vigourously
- Let it sit in fridge over night, grill it up...sooooooo gooood. enjoy!